Glee's 21 Best Musical Numbers of All-Time

With Major League Baseball playoffs dominating Fox’s primetime lineup for the next few weeks, Glee fans are holding their collective breath until Season 4 resumes in early November.

Still, everyone knows it’s cathartic to exhale, and with that in mind, we decided there was no better time to update the debate about what songs belong on a list of Glee‘s 21 Best Musical Numbers of All-Time. Our picks include expected suspects like “Teenage Dream” and “Faithfully,” but there are more than a few surprises, too.

How Will I Know <— THE BEST RENDITION TO WHITNEY
Bohemian Raphsody <—– the best performance EVER!! J Groff RULES
Happy Days Are Here Again – Get Happy <—- BEST DUET EVER!!!
Don't Stop Believin'
Rumour Has It / Someone Like You
Unpretty / I Feel Pretty
The Dog Days are Over
Cough Syrup <—- THE BEST PERFOMANCE OF DARREN
Pretending <—- BEST FINCHEL SONG
Forget You
Here's to Us
Bbay it's cold outside <———–BEST KLAINE SONG
Maybe this Time
Poker Face
Like a Prayer
Sweet Caroline <— the begining of PUCKELBERRY (R.I.P.)
And I'm telling You
Don't Rain on my Parade
One of Us
I wanna hold your hand
Somewhere over the rainbow <— BEST SCHUESTER PERFORMANCE
To Sir with Love

I’m in no way a Blarren stan but Cough Syrup was amazing, however it does not deserve number 1. And Teenage Dream? Wow. It’s not even the Warbler one omfg. The Break-Up TD should be somewhere in the bottom 200. It was awful. The mash-up was good but not deserving of no.3

Yea, most of the choices are good. I love Kurt’s I want to hold your hand, but you are missing Somebody I used to Know, To sir with love, Landslide, and Don’t Speak. The better Britney solo to choose would have been I’m a Slave for you, Heather Morris may not be the best singer on the show, but the girl can dance, and that Britney Spears cover was spot on.

WHY are Teenage Dream and Run The World even on the list? They were awful, especially the latter. And when they don’t have ‘I’ll Stand By You’ and ‘Keep Holding On’ in their list, you know there’s something wrong with it. Oh well… at least there’s only one Blaine solo. I dreaded more.

I Feel Pretty/Unpretty
Rumor Has It/Someone Like You
Don’t Rain on My Parade
Shake it Out
The Scientist
Songbird
Dog Days are Over
We Are Young
Smooth Criminal
Never Going Back Again
Thriller/Heads Will Roll
Valarie
Defying Gravity
One Less Bell to Answer/A House is Not a Home
Anything Goes/Anything You Can Do
Get Happy/Happy Days
Sing (Mike/Tina version)
Cough Syrup
Fix You
Maybe This Time
Don’t Stop Believin’
Landslide

Mine is Don’t Rain on My Parade, Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are Young, Happy Daysmash up, I want to Hold Your Hand, Imagine, Without You, Journey Medley, The Scientist. There many I’ve enjoyed but to put up there as top 10, I can’t say that. Glee tries to do Adele songs but can’t hold a candle to her. Sorry, to those that thought Rumor Has It was great. It was good, but just that. Same goes for Pretty/ Unpretty, Songbird. Anything that Unique has sung does not rate IMO.

I personally think that ‘Shake it Out’ is one for the top and even ‘Teenage Dream’. That song gave me goose bumps when Blane sang it…. The entire Break up episode had amazing songs in it, very emotional. That’s what I adore about Glee.

My Top 21:
1- Loser Like me
2- Don’t stop believing
3- Paradise by the dashboard light
4- We are the champion
5- Faithfully
6 – Man in the mirror
7- You get what you give
8- Rain on my parade
9- Somebody to love
10- The scientist
11- Barely breathing
12 – Without you
13- don’t go breaking my heart
14- We are young
15 – Just the way you are
16 – Any Way You Want It / Lovin’ Touchin’ Squeezin’
17 – We found love
18 -Ben
19 – Born this way
20- Blackbirds
21- Stereo Hearts

I don’t completely agree with this list. There are many songs on here that are also my favorites but just not in my order.
-Smooth Criminal should be somewhere in top 5.
-Rumor Has It/Someone Like You should be either 1 or 2 with Don’t Stop Believin’ (Regionals)
-River Deep Mountain High should definitely be on this list.
-“Mine” should be on this list as well. I rather that than “Mean”.

my list would be in order of 1 to 21:
-Rumor Has It/Someone Like You
-Don’t Stop Believin’ (Regionals)
-Smooth Criminal
-Teenage Dream
-Mine
-Without You
-Loser Like Me
– We Found Love
-Shake It Out
-We Are Young
-I Feel Pretty/Unpretty
-Valerie
-Songbird
-Its My Life/Confession
-Start Me Up/Livin’ On a Prayer
-Forget You
-River Deep Mountain High
-Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You”
-Toxic
-Light Up The World
-Triller/Heads Will Roll

Yikes! I definitely think “Don’t Stop Believing” should have been # 1! “Shake It Out” should replace “Forget You” but in the top 10 and “Songbird” should be in the top 10 as well. “Defying Gravity” should have been # 2 and “For Good”, # 3, but I’m just a huge Wicked fan.

Cough Syrup,
Rio/Hungry Like The Wolf,
Fly/I Believe I Can Fly,
For Good,
Baby It’s Cold Outside,
Born This Way,
I Feel Pretty/Unpretty,
Hit Me With Your Best Shot/One Way Or Another,
ABC/Control/Man In The Mirror,
Call Me Maybe,
Everytime,
A Change Would Do You Good (that was so fun to watch okay),
Constant Craving,
Dream On,
Defying Gravity,
Don’t Stop Believin’ (the regionals one),
I Want To Hold Your Hand,
Landslide,
Smooth Criminal
I Have Nothing
Don’t Speak
4 Minutes
That was difficult and definitely not in order.

My favourite Glee covers, in no particular order:
– Bohemian Rhapsody
– Defying Gravity
– Don’t Rain On My Parade
– Don’t Stop Believin’
– Faithfully
– Hello
– Jessie’s Girl
– Keep Holding On
– Like a Prayer
– No Air
– Total Eclipse Of The Heart
– True Colors
– Rolling In The Deep
– Need You Now
– My Man
– Get It Right
– For Good
– Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (most people think this song is stupid, but I find it beautiful and powerful)
– Loser Like Me
– Sing
– Valerie
– Just the Way You Are (I don’t know, there’s just something in Cory’s voice here that makes me melt)
– One Of Us
– River Deep – Mountain High
– Because You Loved Me
– Cough Syrup
– Here’s To Us
– Without You
– Smooth Criminal
– Rumour Has It – Someone Like You
– Paradise By The Dashboard Light
– It’s All Coming Back to me Now
– I just can’t stop loving you
– How Will I Know
– We Are Young
– Don’t Speak
– The Scientist

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Don’t Rain on My Parade
How Will I Know
Smooth Criminal
It’s All Coming Back to Me Now
I Feel Pretty/ Unpretty
Poker face
Mean
River Deep, Mountain High
PYT
Keep Holding On
What It Feels Like For A Girl
Empire State of Mind
Valerie
Go Your Own Way
Don’t Speak
Teenage Dream (Stripped Down Version)
Take Me or Leave Me
We Are Young
Rumor Has It/ Someone Like You
Rolling in the Deep

-How is “How Will I Know” not on the list? Amber, Naya, Chris, and Lea killed that song. It was so beautiful.
-Keep Holding On should be on the list as well.
-Rumour Has It/Someone Like You should at least be top 5.
-The season 3 nationals performance shouldn’t even be on the list imo.
-Songbird definitely belongs on the list.
-River Deep/Mountain High should be on the list.
-Teenage Dream should not be on the list.
-My Man should be on the list.
-I Feel Pretty/Unpretty should be lower on the list, like #21.
-Don’t Rain on My Parade should be like #3.
-Loser Like Me should be somewhere on the list.
-The entire Journey medley should be somewhere on the list.

Overall this was a completely decent list. The only major issue I have with it is Don’t Rain on My Parade. I don’t understand, and I never will, why people even like her version of that. It’s WAY too much. Too many changes in the melody, it just sounds out of breath and it’s exhausting to listen to. Otherwise I’d remove “Forget You” and add Baby It’s Cold Outside, I’d replace Run the World(Girls) with Born This Way (can’t believe it’s not on your list!), and remove a few others to add Not the Boy Next Door, True Colors and Bohemian Rhapsody. Teenage Dream also needs to be further down the list. Like, 19 or something.

As If We Never Said Goodbye
Cough Syrup
Defying Gravity
Fix You
Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Roots Before Branches
Don’t Stop Believin’
Teenage Dream
Happy Days Are Here Again/Get Happy
I’m The Greatest Star
Not The Boy Next Door
One Hand, One Heart
The Scientist
Rose’s Turn
Tongue Tied
How Will I Know
Somebody To Love
To Sir With Love
Push It
For Good
Just The Way You Are

1. Can’t fight this felling
2. Say a little prayer
3. The boy is mine
4. A house is not a home/One less bell to answer
5. Hello
6. Total eclipse of the heart
7. Bohemian Rhapsody
8. Somebody to love (sam & artie)
9. Baby its cold outside
10. Jar of hearts
11. Jump
12. Just the way you are
13. Me against the music
14. Teenage dreams
15. River deep, Mountain high
16. Rumour has it/Someone like you
17. Its not unusual
18. Somethings coming
19. Cherish/cherish
20. Somebody I used to know
21. Smooth criminal
22. Survivor/I will survive
23. Take my breath away
24. Love you like a love song
24. Starships
25. Glad you came
26. Fly/I believe I can fly
27. Paradise by the dashboard light
28. Pinball wizard
29. Americano/Dance again
30. Oops I did it again
31. Hold it against me
32. Womanizer
33. Crazy/U drive me crazy
34. Boys/Boyfriend
35. Chasing Pavements